Empiric Student Property PLC Holding(s) in Company (2039T)

TIDMESP TIDM42SB

RNS Number : 2039T

Empiric Student Property PLC

03 January 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                       Empiric Student Property 
  the underlying issuer                                                        plc 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial                              X 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                      The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                  Goldman Sachs International 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                        Goldman, Sachs & Co. 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                            22 December 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                               28 December 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                               Above 3% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type         Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the 
  of                 to the triggering                  triggering transaction 
  shares             transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                    Number           Number            Number       Number of                 % of voting 
                    of               of                of            voting                    rights (x) 
                    Shares           Voting            shares        rights 
                                     Rights 
-----------------  ---------------  ----------------  -----------  ------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                       Direct       Direct     Indirect       Direct    Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
-----------------   --------------   ---------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  --------  ------------- 
 
                        Below             Below 
    GB00BLWDVR75          3%                3%                                      0                      0.00% 
                   ---------------  ----------------  -----------  ---------  -------------  --------  ------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial   Expiration       Exercise/                      Number of voting         % of voting 
  instrument          date             Conversion                     rights that              rights 
                      (xiii)           Period (xiv)                   may be 
                                                                      acquired if 
                                                                      the 
                                                                      instrument 
                                                                      is 
                                                                      exercised/ 
                                                                      converted. 
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    Stock Loan 
     (Physical)           Open                                             15,371,970                 3.067% 
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   C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
     to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
     (xv, xvi) 
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    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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    Type of        Exercise    Expiration    Exercise/      Number of      % of voting 
     financial      price       date          Conversion    voting          rights (xix, 
     instrument                               period        rights          xx) 
                                                            instrument 
                                                            refers to 
   -------------  ----------  ------------  -------------  -------------  ----------------- 
                                                                           Nominal   Delta 
   -------------  ----------  ------------  -------------  -------------  --------  ------- 
                                         27 July 
              Swap                         2017                 36,187                0.007% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                Percentage of voting rights 
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                      15,408,157                                                   3.074% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 15,408,157 shares; 3.074% 
 
  Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman 
  Sachs Group, Inc.) 15,371,970 shares; 3.067% 
  Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman 
  Sachs (UK) L.L.C.) 15,371,970 shares; 3.067% 
  Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs 
  Group UK Limited) 15,371,970 shares; 3.067% 
 
  The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman 
  Sachs Group, Inc.) 
  Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Controlled by The Goldman, Sachs 
  & Co. L.L.C.) 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                                       N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                                     N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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                                                          Please note, total amount 
  13. Additional information:                              of voting rights have been 
                                                           rounded to 3 decimal places 
                                                           therefore there is a possibility 
                                                           of a rounding error. 
                                                           General email contact: 
                                                           [e-mail] 

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 14. Contact name:                                        Peter Chisholm 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                             [phone] 
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